many people say don't cut social security and medicare and medicaid. the american people say the most important issue facing our country is creating jobs. they want the federal government to do that. in this body, we are divided. but among the american people on many of these issues, republicans, democrats, independents, they're not quite so divided. i would also point out that when we talk about unemployment, an area that does not get anywhere near the kind of discussion that we need, is youth unemployment in america. and i would tell you, madam chair, that as horrendous as unemployment is for anybody of any age, it is so terrible for the young people who are graduating high school and graduating college. you know, what we say -- all of us say to the young people in this country, don't stand on street corners, don't do drugs, go out and get a job, create a career, make it into the middle class, and yet real unemployment for young people in this count country, for youth in this country is somewhere around 20%. 20%. among african-american young people,